Pope's 'homecoming' tour moves from Ecuador to Bolivia| Reuters

Jul 09, 2015

QUITO Pope Francis showed his sense of humour during the last few hours of his trip to Ecuador on Wednesday, straying from a prepared speech to joke with people who came to see him at a shrine near the highland capital Quito."I have a prepared script but I don't want to read it," said the 78-year-old pope to laughs from the crowd, before asking them to pray for him so that he would never forget where he came from."Do not fall into a spiritual Alzheimer's, do not forget!" Francis added in a totally improvised speech.The Argentine-born pontiff headed to Bolivia on Wednesday a...